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A rider tames horses in the snow-covered grassland in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, on January 12.

Stable Employment

The job market remained stable with the registered urban unemployment rate standing at 3.62 percent at the end of 2019, well below the government’s annual target of 4.5 percent, official data showed on January 14.

Lu Aihong, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS), said at a press conference that 13.52 million new urban jobs were created last year, much higher than the 11-million target.

Jobs for college graduates and migrant workers have been particularly expanded, he said.

Stable growth of the job market can be

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